# The Clue — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Clue by Carolyn Wells.

- [The Van Normans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/i-the-van-normans.md): This chapter introduces the Van Norman household and the dynamics surrounding Madeleine's impending marriage to Schuyler Carleton. Tom Willard, Madeleine's cousin, openly vies for her affection, causing tension with Carl
- [Miss Morton Arrives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/ii-miss-morton-arrives.md): On the eve of her wedding to Schuyler Carleton, Madeleine Van Norman hosts a dinner party. The evening is marked by tension between Carleton and her cousin Tom Willard, who openly flirts with her. After dinner, Madeleine
- [III: A Cry in the Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/iii-a-cry-in-the-night.md): A cry rings through the Van Norman house, and Cicely Dupuy rushes downstairs to find Schuyler Carleton frantically ringing bells. Madeleine Van Norman is discovered dead in the library, stabbed with a Venetian dagger, a 
- [Suicide or ⸻?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/iv-suicide-or.md): The morning after Madeleine's death, the household is in shock. Tom Willard arrives and is told the news by Miss Morton. Doctor Leonard pronounces it suicide based on the note, but Doctor Hills expresses doubts about the
- [A Case for the Coroner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/v-a-case-for-the-coroner.md): After Madeleine's death, Kitty French and Molly Gardner mourn in their rooms, with Kitty insisting Madeleine would never have killed herself. Mrs. Markham shares her suspicion that Schuyler Carleton's lack of true affect

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- [VI: Fessenden Comes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/vi-fessenden-comes.md)
- [VII: Mr. Benson’s Questions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/vii-mr-benson-s-questions.md)
- [A Soft Lead Pencil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/viii-a-soft-lead-pencil.md)
- [IX: The Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/ix-the-will.md)
- [X: Some Testimony](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/x-some-testimony.md)
- [XI: “I Decline to Say”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xi-i-decline-to-say.md)
- [XII: Dorothy Burt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xii-dorothy-burt.md)
- [An Interview with Cicely](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xiii-an-interview-with-cicely.md)
- [The Carleton Household](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xiv-the-carleton-household.md)
- [XV: Fessenden’s Detective Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xv-fessenden-s-detective-work.md)
- [XVI: Searching for Clues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xvi-searching-for-clues.md)
- [Miss Morton's Statements](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xvii-miss-morton-s-statements.md)
- [Carleton Is Frank](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xviii-carleton-is-frank.md)
- [The Truth About Miss Burt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xix-the-truth-about-miss-burt.md)
- [XX: Cicely's Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xx-cicely-s-flight.md)
- [A Successful Pursuit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xxi-a-successful-pursuit.md)
- [A Talk with Miss Morton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xxii-a-talk-with-miss-morton.md)
- [XXIII: Fleming Stone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xxiii-fleming-stone.md)
- [XXIV: A Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_clue_se/chapters/xxiv-a-confession.md)

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